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Hadronic jets : an introduction / Andrea Banfi.

By: Banfi, Andrea [author.].
Contributor(s): Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: IOP (Series)Release 22: ; IOP ebooks2022 collection: Publisher: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780750347372; 9780750347365.Subject(s): Particles (Nuclear physics) | Hadrons | Particle & high-energy physics | SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & MolecularAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 539.7216 Online resources: Click here to access online Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Basics of elementary particle physics
2. Jet algorithms -- 2.1. Cone or sequential algorithms? -- 2.2. Common issues with jet algorithms -- 2.3. Further jet clustering procedures
3. QCD for jet physics -- 3.1. Fixed-order QCD calculations -- 3.2. QCD at all orders -- 3.3. At the boundary of perturbative QCD
4. Jets as discovery tools -- 4.1. Optimising the jet radius -- 4.2. Boosted objects and jet substructure -- 4.3. Quark and gluon jets.
Abstract: This second edition course text provides a general overview of jet physics by presenting the basic experimental and theoretical problems arising when dealing with jets, and describing the solutions proposed in recent years.
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"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction -- 1.1. Basics of elementary particle physics

2. Jet algorithms -- 2.1. Cone or sequential algorithms? -- 2.2. Common issues with jet algorithms -- 2.3. Further jet clustering procedures

3. QCD for jet physics -- 3.1. Fixed-order QCD calculations -- 3.2. QCD at all orders -- 3.3. At the boundary of perturbative QCD

4. Jets as discovery tools -- 4.1. Optimising the jet radius -- 4.2. Boosted objects and jet substructure -- 4.3. Quark and gluon jets.

This second edition course text provides a general overview of jet physics by presenting the basic experimental and theoretical problems arising when dealing with jets, and describing the solutions proposed in recent years.

Undergraduate and graduate students studying particle/jet physics.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Prof. Andrea Banfi is a theoretical particle physicist, expert in the development of theoretical tools for the calculation of observables involving hadronic jets at high-energy colliders.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2023).

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